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_id: '419'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The present thesis investigates the prevalence of and the reasons for hiring
    discrimination against women and ethnic Turks in the German labor market. Subsequent
    to a discussion of how to reveal discrimination, the literature on wage and employment
    differences inside and outside the German labor market is reviewed. Afterwards,
    different (economic) theories explaining inequalities in labor markets are presented.
    In the empirical analyses a field experiment - the so called correspondence testing
    - is conducted where matched pairs of (fictitious) male and female as well as
    German-named and Turkish-named applicants respond to, respectively, 656 and 608
    (real) apprenticeship offers in predominantly male-dominated jobs. Descriptive
    results and econometric analyses using probit regressions on various model specifications
    indicate that the female applicant has a 19 percent lower callback probability
    compared to her male counterpart. However, differential treatment is both job-
    and firm-type driven. While callback rates are not statistically different from
    zero in female-dominated and “gender-neutral” occupations, they prevail in jobs
    where men are overrepresented. Furthermore, discrimination is restricted to late
    recruiters, i.e., companies that advertise their vacancies right before the apprenticeship
    is supposed to start. Similar conclusions can be drawn from the study investigating
    ethnic discrimination. The 32 percent lower callback probability of the Turkish-named
    applicant decreases if early rather than late recruiters are addressed. Apart
    from that, comparing response and callback rates to the candidates using different
    experimental designs, i.e., sending out single versus pairs of applications, yields
    no statistically significant differences demonstrating the unbiasedness of the
    correspondence approach.
author:
- first_name: Andre
  full_name: Kolle, Andre
  last_name: Kolle
citation:
  ama: 'Kolle A. <i>Gender and Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring : Evidence from Field
    Experiments in the German Labor Market</i>. Universität Paderborn; 2014.'
  apa: 'Kolle, A. (2014). <i>Gender and ethnic discrimination in hiring : evidence
    from field experiments in the German labor market</i>. Universität Paderborn.'
  bibtex: '@book{Kolle_2014, title={Gender and ethnic discrimination in hiring : evidence
    from field experiments in the German labor market}, publisher={Universität Paderborn},
    author={Kolle, Andre}, year={2014} }'
  chicago: 'Kolle, Andre. <i>Gender and Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring : Evidence
    from Field Experiments in the German Labor Market</i>. Universität Paderborn,
    2014.'
  ieee: 'A. Kolle, <i>Gender and ethnic discrimination in hiring : evidence from field
    experiments in the German labor market</i>. Universität Paderborn, 2014.'
  mla: 'Kolle, Andre. <i>Gender and Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring : Evidence from
    Field Experiments in the German Labor Market</i>. Universität Paderborn, 2014.'
  short: 'A. Kolle, Gender and Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring : Evidence from Field
    Experiments in the German Labor Market, Universität Paderborn, 2014.'
date_created: 2017-10-17T12:42:13Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T07:00:32Z
ddc:
- '040'
department:
- _id: '19'
- _id: '183'
file:
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  creator: florida
  date_created: 2018-03-16T11:33:05Z
  date_updated: 2018-03-16T11:33:05Z
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language:
- iso: eng
project:
- _id: '1'
  name: SFB 901
- _id: '7'
  name: SFB 901 - Subprojekt A3
- _id: '2'
  name: SFB 901 - Project Area A
publisher: Universität Paderborn
status: public
supervisor:
- first_name: Bernd
  full_name: Frick, Bernd
  last_name: Frick
title: 'Gender and ethnic discrimination in hiring : evidence from field experiments
  in the German labor market'
type: dissertation
user_id: '477'
year: '2014'
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